Agua Caliente, Arizona
Agua Caliente, Arizona | |
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-Agua_Caliente_Resort-1897.jpg) Agua Caliente Resort | |
  Agua Caliente  Agua Caliente | |
| Coordinates: 32°59′07″N 113°19′28″W / 32.98528°N 113.32444°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Maricopa |
| Elevation | 456 ft (139 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | N/A |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (MST) |
| ZIP codes | 85333 |
| Area code | 520 |
| GNIS feature ID | U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Agua Caliente, Arizona |
Agua Caliente in Maricopa County, Arizona on the border with Yuma County, is a place north of the Gila River near Hyder, Arizona. Named 'Santa Maria del Agua Caliente' in 1744 by Father Jacob Sedelmayer. In 1775, Father Francisco Garces used the current short form.[2] The location was the site of a resort established at the site of nearby hot springs. Agua Caliente, a name derived from Spanish meaning "hot water",[3] received its name from nearby hot springs which were originally used by the local Indigenous population.
Demographics
[edit]| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1900 | 113 | — | |
| 1910 | 153 | 35.4% | |
| 1920 | 57 | −62.7% | |
| 1930 | 60 | 5.3% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[4] | |||
Agua Caliente's population was 113 in 1900.[5] Agua Caliente appeared as the Agua Caliente Precinct of Maricopa County on the 1910 U.S. Census.[6] It appeared again in 1920 as Precinct 54[7] and 1930 simply as Agua Caliente Precinct again.[8] In the latter census, it reported a White majority. With the combination of all Arizona county precincts into 3 districts each in 1940, it did not formally appear again on the census to date. Agua Caliente's population in 1940 was 60.[9]
Flap-Jack Ranch, Grinnell's and Stanwix Station
[edit]By 1858 Flap-Jack Ranch was located six miles from the Agua Caliente hot springs along the Gila River, 84 miles (135 km) from Fort Yuma. It was established as stagecoach station of the Butterfield Overland Mail. In 1862, it was called Grinnel's Ranch and was listed on the itinerary of the California Column in the same place as Flap Jack Ranch, (84 miles), from Fort Yuma on the route to Tucson. So too was what Union Army reports called Stanwix Ranch or Stanwix Station which became the site of the westernmost skirmish of the American Civil War.[10] In the early part of the 20th century, the alignment of U.S. Route 80 in Arizona passed in front of the property, increasing traffic and making it a tourist stop on the cross national highway, until the road bypassed the area.
Agua Caliente Ranch
[edit]John Ross Browne described his visit to the Agua Caliente Springs from Grinnel's Station in 1864:
While the Company were encamped at Grinnell's, Poston, White, and myself crossed the Gila, and rode about six miles to the ranch of Martin and Woolsey, situated near the Aqua Calliente. Mr. Woolsey had left, a few days before, with a large quantity of stock for the gold placers. We were hospitably entertained by his partner, Mr. Martin, who is trying the experiment of establishing a farm here by means of irrigation. The soil is excellent, and the prospect is highly encouraging. An abundant supply of water flows from the Aqua Calliente. We had a glorious bath in the springs next morning, which completely set us up after the dust and grit of the journey. They lie near the point of the hill, about a mile and a half from Martin's. I consider them equal to the baths of Damascus, or any other in the world. The water is of an exquisite temperature, and possesses some very remarkable qualities in softening the skin and soothing the nervous system. A Mr. Belcher lived at this place for four years, surrounded by Apaches. Indeed it was not quite safe now; and I could not but think, as Poston, White, and myself sat bobbing about in the water, what an excellent mark we made for any prowling Tontos that might be in the vicinity. It was here that the Indians who had in captivity the Oatman girls made their first halt after the massacre of the family. The barren mountains in the rear, and the wild and desert appearance of the surrounding country, accorded well with the impressive narrative of that disaster.[11]
In 1873, Agua Caliente Ranch, still owned by King S. Woolsey,[12] had become well known and visited by many people. A resort was built there in 1897 with 22 rooms and a swimming pool in which the hot waters from the spring collected for the use of the visitors. The remains of the hotel has survived into the present but the hot springs dried up as ground water was pumped out for irrigation.
Sam Hughes currently owns the Agua Caliente property that includes the hotel, which is no longer open, the caretakers quarters and approximately 2,700 acres (1,100 ha) of surrounding property. Some of the acreage is currently farmed; most of it is in its natural undisturbed state. There are also ruins of an old stone house, an old store and other old buildings in various states of decay.[13]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Feature Detail Report for: Agua Caliente". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Domestic Names".
- ^ "Arizona names recall history". Prescott Evening Courier. July 1, 1949. pp. 6B. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902.
- ^ "Supplement for Arizona - Population, Agriculture, Manufactures, Mines, and Quarries" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. pp. 566–642.
- ^ Bureau of the Census (1924). "Fourteenth Census of the United StatesState Compendium - Arizona" (PDF). Government Printing Office.
- ^ "Arizona" (PDF). pp. 89–98.
- ^ The Attorneys List. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 85.
- ^ "The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Chapter LXII, Operations on the Pacific Coast. January 1, 1861–June 30, 1865. Part I, Correspondence. pp. 1017–1018, 1056 Distances from Los Angeles, Cal., eastward". Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
- ^ Browne, John Ross (1869). Adventures in the Apache Country: A Tour Through Arizona and Sonora, with Notes on the Silver Regions of Nevada. Harper & Brothers. ISBN 978-0598278623 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Thomas Edwin Farish, History of Arizona. Volume VIII, Phoenix, Arizona, 1918, p. 204". Archived from the original on May 17, 2011. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
- ^ Heatwole, Thelma (1991) [1951]. "Agua Caliente – Once a Pleasant Spa". Ghost Towns and Historical Haunts in Arizona. Phoenix: American Traveler Press. pp. 36–38. ISBN 978-0914846109.
External links
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- Ghosttowns.com, Maricopa County, Agua Caliente
- Flap Jack Stage Station, c. 1900 From Sharlot Hall Museum, Photographs, Buildings – Stage Stations
- Agua Caliente – Ghost Town of the Month at azghosttowns.com
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- Butterfield Overland Mail stations
- Ghost towns in Arizona
- Butterfield Overland Mail in New Mexico Territory
- American frontier
- Stagecoach stops in the United States
- History of Arizona by location
- 1858 establishments in New Mexico Territory
- Hot springs of Arizona
- Former populated places in Maricopa County, Arizona
- Bodies of water of Maricopa County, Arizona